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An interactive tragedy.

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  • The comments in question were removed last week and our internal position has been clarified, that there’s no need to change our working definition of transphobia, albeit with some new considerations to allow people to talk about the transphobic actions of the British state. We want to make a statement, but the others seem busy with things outside of Lemmy.

    I’m currently working on some guidelines for c/uk_politics to help potentially less informed users navigate the current situation without inadvertently being transphobic.









  • My warning was very pointed and specifically about rhetoric, not the actual underlying opinions.

    Give me examples on why I shouldn’t use the term “cult” here, yet how it’s okay for other users of this instance to claim a large amount of the British population is in a cult simply because of their religious beliefs…

    The trans cult thing is a common talking point by transphobes to discredit the idea of being trans, that it’s nothing more than brainwashing. I really don’t know how you expect “I don’t know who’s leading this movement, but it starts to seem like some weird cult” to come across, but it reads like you saying anyone with a more progressive opinion to you is in a cult. It’s very easy for someone to make the jump from that to believing you think trans movement more broadly is a cult, especially given you’re a transmedicalist.

    Also, that comment by Hossenfeffer is clearly made in jest and, unlike trans people, Christians aren’t a marginalised identity in Britain.

    Thirdly, this place is where I get to hear the other side. Do you really want to force me to use an echo chamber by banning me?

    No, that’s why I gave a warning. I don’t think you appreciate how much more leeway you get because I understand you come from a conservative background. You constantly say you’re bad with this and when I try to clear up the boundaries of what I consider acceptable, you accuse me of engaging in cult-like tactics. Maybe I was too curt, but I’m trying to help you. I’m trans myself, so I hope you can appreciate why I’m sensitive to this stuff.

    There’s no need to read between the lines here. I barely know what “dogwhistling” is nevermind people accusing me of doing it.

    I’d really appreciate if you did read up on it. I can only moderate based on what you write, not what’s in your head. I and others can’t tell the difference between genuine ignorance or pretending to be ignorant to sneak bigotry in under the radar. The Green Party has a good page on trans/queer dogwhistles.















  • According to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, you have to be born as a woman in order to be a woman.

    This isn’t accurate, the SC ruled that the only consistent definition of woman for the purposes of the 2010 Equalities Act is a ‘biological woman’*. A trans woman with a GRC is still legally a woman, she’s just not afforded the protections graned to women in the Equalities Act. (This is a crock of shit, but I’ll spare you that rant)

    * You might wonder how the SC actually defines ‘biological woman’ and it has nothing to actually do with biology, it’s just if you originally had woman marked down on you birth certificate.


  • Hi, Feddit UK admin here, I’d just like to add a bit more context. We’re currently discussing these comments in an admin chat, though this was apparently not communicated to Ada so she got the impression inaction was our position. Our position is not inaction, but these specific comments have become wrapped up in a policy discussion on how we facilitate discussion of our state’s increasing hostile actions without allowing transphobia to propagate. I hope we can rectify the situation soon, but doing things by committee is never swift.